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This week I read Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary. This realistic fiction chapter book is a Newbery Honor Book from Cleary's Ramona series. In this book, Ramona's father loses his job, her mother begins working full time, and her big sister starts to become moody as she is maturing. Throughout the story, Ramona tries to find ways to help out the family since her father lost his job. Ramona also worries about her father and tries to get him to stop smoking. This book contains heartwarming family themes.
This book can be used to teach various comprehension skills in the classroom. One skill that can be taught is compare and contrast. Students can compare and contrast Ramona and Beezus, as well as Ramona and Dad. Students can make inferences about what is happening in the story and how the characters are feeling. Students can also observe how the characters evolve throughout the story.
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